Jill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city. She had to go to work every day by train.

    There was only one other person on the train with her. He was a well-dressed man reading a newspaper. Suddenly, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing（撕） his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked them up, opened the window and threw them all out. Then he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey again.

    The next day, Jill got on the same train. The same well-dressed man was there, reading a newspaper. As before, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked the pieces up, opened the window and threw them all out. This done, he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey. This happened every day for a week.

    At last, on Friday, Jill spoke to the man. "Excuse me, sir," she said, "I don't want to be rude, but I must ask you a question. When we are halfway through our journey, you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window. Please tell me, sir. Why do you do this?"

    The well-dressed man smiled. "There is a simple reason," he said. "I like to sleep for part of the journey, but I cannot sleep if the train is full of elephants. So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants. It stops them from coming into the train."

    "But there aren't any elephants on the train," Jill said. "I know," the man said. "It works well, doesn't it?

It was about 2:00 a.m. I was driving my taxi on the way to pick up a passenger. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark. I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak and elderly voice.

After a long silence, the door opened and a small woman in her eighties stood before me. She took my arm and walked slowly to the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. "Could you drive through the city center?" asked the old woman. "It's not the shortest way," I answered at once.

"Oh, I'm familiar (熟悉的) with the city. And I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don't have any family left. It would be the last time for me to travel around the city ".

Hearing this, I quietly shut off the meter (计价器).For the next three hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as a lift operator (升降机操作员)and the neighborhood where she had lived in and told me many stories about the buildings, the streets and the people there. Then, she just sat, saying nothing. At dawn(黎明)， she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now."

"How much shall I pay you?" she asked, "Nothing." I replied. Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug. "Thank you, young man," said her, excited. Then she held onto me with moved tears(眼泪).

Our hug ended with her words disappearing in the warm morning wind.

Ivan sat 1 the floor deep down in the sea． He was bored and 2 ． He watched other pretty fish 3 in and out of rocks． They were laughing and dancing happily．" Why am I so different？" he said to 4 ．
"You are an octopus（章鱼）， Ivan． That is special．" The sweet5 of Leo，a beautiful white dolphin， always made Ivan 6 better． Ivan looked up at the white dolphin and   7 ．Leo said，" Let's play games together．" They were having a lot of 8 and they didn't know they were already far away9 home．
Suddenly Leo saw a large shark（鲨鱼）10 above them，"It is Big White…the 11 ，most terrible shark in the sea，" he shouted to Ivan． Leo looked at Big White12 ． It was very fast．Leo was very afraid and he couldn't swim．He couldn't swim． Just at this moment， Big White rushed down towards them． An idea came to Ivan． He quickly sprayed（喷） a very dark cloud of black water to the shark's eyes． Then Ivan and Leo swam away 13 they got home safely．
"Are you OK？" asked Ivan．"Yes． I am lucky to have you as my friend!" Ivan's face turned red．"I guess being 14 others can be so cool sometimes，" Ivan said．"That is 15 I try to tell you，" Peter said．

One day, a running race started in the forest. Each of the first twelve winners could name a year after themselves.

The mouse thought he was the smallest one so he got up as the sun rose. However, the horse, the tiger, and the ox (牛) all caught up with him. They met at the Great River. It moved so fast that the little mouse could not swim across, so he asked other bigger animals for help. The kind-hearted ox agreed. As they were about to reach the other side, the rat jumped off the ox and won first place.

The ox came in second, with the tiger right behind him. Jumping across stones, the rabbit came in fourth. The dangerous river was not a big deal for the dragon because he could fly across it. But he stopped to help other animals in need. Just as he arrived, the snake suddenly and quietly appeared, which startled (使受惊吓) the horse, letting the snake arrive in the sixth place.

Different from other animals, the sheep, the monkey, and the rooster (公鸡) crossed the river with the help of a raft (木筏) .They worked together and made a success. The three agreed to give eighth place to the sheep, who had been the friendliest of them. The dog was a good swimmer but he played in the water for so long that he only came in eleventh. The last one was the pig, who got hungry easily and liked sleeping.

This is how each Chinese year is connected with animals in this order.

Hi, I'm Amy Black and I'm 14. I am a middle school student. I 1 an interesting hobby. I2 making vlogs about films！

Vlogs are like blogs (网络日志), but they are not the3 . Vlogs are short videos, not texts (文稿). I think vlogs are interesting. In my vlogs, I talk about all the films I have seen—good and bad, 4 and boring. I see a film every week, and then I make a vlog. I5 it at home on Saturday evening. Usually, I sit in front of my computer, have some 6 like apples and oranges, and think about how to make it7 .

My friends8 my vlogs very much. They often watch them and give their likes. Now, many people in England 9 my vlogs too.

One day, I will go to a10 school. I want to make my own films！